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Premium Talking Tips: American woman wakes up with British accent

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“An American woman has been diagnosed with the rare Foreign Accent Syndrome. The woman, Michelle Myers, 45, said that in 2015 she went to bed with a “blinding headache” and woke up with a British accent. The accent has remained with her ever since. Ms Myers said she has woken up speaking a variety of accents before. She was totally perplexed at waking up and speaking with an Australian or Irish accent. These disappeared after two weeks but the UK accent has remained. Myers told journalists that she found her condition, “really difficult to begin with”. She said: “It was hard because I was really struggling. I have come to terms with the fact that I might sound like this forever. I realize it’s part of me now.”